Will You help keep the Candle Lit for our service men and women? Can you spare a few moments today to either e-mail them or learn about sending packages to them? Many of them are away from home for the 1st time. PLEASE Click on the graphic and help cheer them up. You will stay right where you are on this thread while you write them.
410 posted on 02/14/2006 7:02:18 AM PST by 68-69TonkinGulfYachtClub
(Have you said Thank You to a Service Man or Woman today?)
"...Between 1999 and 2003, for the US, a total of 528 uninspected commercial fishing vessel were lost and 291 fishermen died.
These figures clearly demonstrate that the death rate for the uninspected commercial fishing vessel industry is unacceptable in comparison to other segments of the maritime industry and the American workforce in general, the analysis stated.
Furthermore, data compiled from voluntary dockside examinations show conclusively that increased survival rates of both fishermen and vessels are directly proportional to the proper equipping and maintenance of safety gear on vessels, particularly when the crew has been properly trained to use these systems effectively in emergency response scenarios.
Yet the Coast Guard estimates that only six percent of the approximately 90,000 uninspected commercial fishing vessels in the US today have had the voluntary dockside examination..."